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Published: 2008-10-31 11:26:00
Updated: 2008-10-31 17:17:55

UNC tops '100 Best Values' list again


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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has once again topped the list of “100 Best Values in Public Colleges” in a ranking by a national finance magazine.

This is the eighth straight time UNC-Chapel Hill has held the top spot since Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine first published its analysis in 1998.

Five other North Carolina universities also made the list:

Kiplinger’s ranks four-year public schools that combine outstanding economic value with top-notch education.

“Private colleges have recently averaged about $33,000 a year — a sharp contrast to the public institutions on Kiplinger’s Top 100 list, most of which cost less than $20,000 a year for in-state students,” according to the magazine’s press release.

UNC-Chapel Hill charges $13,731 for in-state undergraduate tuition and $30,629 for out-of-state. Students average about $14,912 in debt after graduating from UNC-Chapel Hill, according to the report.

“UNC students share classrooms with other high-achieving students and learn from a nationally acclaimed faculty,” according to the report. “The historic campus is undergoing a major refurbishing that includes the FedEx Global Education Center, a hub for international studies, as well as a state-of-the-art physical-science complex.”

Selected from a pool of more than 500 public, four-year colleges and universities, schools in the Kiplinger 100 were ranked according to academic quality, including admission and retention rates, student-faculty ratios and four- and six-year graduation rates, as well as on cost and financial aid.

You can view the complete report at the magazine's Web site.

 


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We started beating people in academics long before we beat people in sports. Now, we just beat you at everything. If that doesn't make you proud to be an alumnus, then I don't know what will. GO HEELS!

"That is interesting…according to Kiplinger UNC was third on the list last year."

nope..numero uno

http://consusrankings.com/2007/04/19/kiplingercom-best-values-in-public-colleges-in-state-rank-2007/

“This is the eighth straight time UNC-Chapel Hill has held the top spot since Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine first published its analysis in 1998.”

BlueDevilFan: That is interesting…according to Kiplinger UNC was third on the list last year.

Not seeing that on their site. Source?

Sorry, I went to Duke...does not matter to me

GO PIRATES!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU WILL ALWAYS BE NUMBER ONE IN MY BOOK!!!

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